The Royal Niger Company Territories now Nigeria. Modern Nigeria dates from 1914, when the British protectorates of Northern and southern Nigeria were joined. Gained Her independence on October 1st, 1960 and in 1963 adopted a republican constitution but elected to stay a member of the commonwealth.
Ethnic altercation in Nigeria led to military coups which claimed life of innocent individuals. Nigeria Armed Forces held power in Nigeria from 1966 to 1999 before adopting civilian rule. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who served as Nigeria's Head of State from 1976 to 1979, became the first civilian to rule as president of the federation under the umbrella of the People's Democratic Party ( PDP ).
Nigeria a 'FAILED STATE', as referred to by the writer of this article, is one of the most populous country in Africa totaling about 216,043,472 inhabitants as of Sunday, June 12, 2022 based on worldometeter elaboration of the latest united Nations data.
A diverse community of various ethnic and religious beliefs with the most economically valuable minerals such as crude oil, natural gas, coal, tin and columbite. Nigeria ranks as Africa's largest producer of oil yet it's an underdeveloped country with poor economic development, bad roads, poor health facilities, lack of innovations and poor education standards with annual ASUU strike.
Oh! What a failed country to her citizens due to bad, corrupt and incompetent political Dogs that extorts Nigerian wealth and invest in foreign slush funds in order to live an extravagant lifestyle, sponsor party's campaigns, sponsor their children abroad and renders the children of the poor and less privileged hopeless!
With rapid increasing population of Nigeria, in years to come Nigeria will be worse than a FAILED STATE if precautions and measures are not taken.
Writer: Abdullahi A Abdulsalam.
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